The Amplify Curriculum for grades 6–8 includes the unique features of Start Class and Eyes Up. Start Class and Eyes Up can be helpful for managing a classroom in which devices are being used. With Start Class and Eyes Up, you can:

Teachers can switch between their classes via the tab in the top left corner:

Selecting a class will display the class roster:

Click the Start Class button to start teaching. A list of the connected students displays. In this example, 5 students are connected at this time:

Click on the yellow triangle to see the list of students not connected.

When teachers click Start Class, all connected students will be sent to the Lesson Brief of the lesson being taught. Students will see a message in a green bar.

This does not lock students into the lesson or activity. Students are still able to navigate freely around the curriculum website.

In the Start Class view, teachers can keep an eye on where connected students have navigated, and what activities they are working on. For example, in the image below:

A. Christopher has navigated away from the lesson.

B. Aaron is still on the Lesson Brief.

C. Aidan, Maggie and Phaela have moved onto Activity 3.

D. Aidan has not started on the activity.

E. Maggie has entered work and clicked on “Hand In”.

F. Phaela is typing or has finished a draft, but has not clicked “Hand In”.

Note: A status will not appear if an activity does not require students to submit work.

The Eyes Up feature allows teachers to gain students’ attention when they are in the curriculum website.

When teachers click Eyes Up, the curriculum website on student devices will display this message:

To enable students to return the lesson and activity materials in the curriculum website, click Eyes Up again.

Note: The eyes on teacher screen only displays on the curriculum website. It does not affect any Amplify apps that open in their own tab (such as the Vocabulary app or or a Science Simulation), or other websites.